Some of the jarring images — initially uploaded to Instagram and republished on Twitter — include a bank of stranded taxi cabs; a tree fallen on a long park bench; an upscale yacht club smashed to smithereens; and record-setting traffic into New York City, as life slowly returns back to normal in the Tri-state area.

As of Thursday, the storm had killed at least 82 people, 34 of whom died in New York City; power outages to at least 5.6 million households; property damage of $20 billion; and between $10 billion to $30 billion in lost business.